Situation in the energy sector as of 20:00 on March 26

Highlights:

Gas consumption for the week decreased by almost 30% due to warming

 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Qatar and other energy-exporting countries to increase supplies to Europe to counter russian blackmail. Qatar is the world's largest producer of liquefied natural gas

 The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is suspending cooperation with russia and belarus. CERN has also banned the appointment of people associated with these countries as members of the organization

Infrastructure stability

Over the past 24 hours, electricity supply to more than 35.3 thousand consumers has

been restored. In particular, in Kyiv region - about 14.4 thousand, in Kharkiv - 5.5 thousand, in Sumy - 5 thousand, in Mykolaiv - 4 thousand, in Zhytomyr - 2 thousand, in Kherson - 2 thousand, in Donetsk - about 1, 4 thousand, in Zaporizhzhya - 1 thousand subscribers.

Gas supply was restored to 6,050 consumers.

Ukrainian energy companies are making every effort to quickly return light and heat to Ukrainian citizens.

However, in some areas, emergency recovery work is difficult or impossible due to the intensification of hostilities and the emergence of new damage.

As of March 26, more than 1,327 settlements in Ukraine remained without electricity, with a total of more than 863,000 consumers.

More than 330,000 consumers are left without gas supply

JSC "Donetskoblgaz" continues its heroic work in its service area. Today, 38 private households are left without gas supply as a result of the shelling. Thanks to the professionalism and courage of our colleagues, who localized the damage, we managed to maintain the gas supply for more than 15 consumers.

As a result of the shelling, the production facility of one of Ukrtransgaz's branches in Kharkiv was damaged. The учеуктфд walls of the building were breached, internal partitions and doors were smashed, and office equipment was smashed. A few days earlier, the concrete floor in the garage was destroyed and the car was damaged due to a direct hit. Even earlier - an explosive wave blew out the windows. Fortunately, the company's employees were not injured.

All categories of consumers of Naftogaz Trading Gas Supply Company reduced the use of natural gas by 4 percent to 59.5 million cubic meters.During the week, this figure decreased by almost 30%.

International dimension and sanctions

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Qatar and other energy-exporting countries to increase supplies to Europe to counter russian blackmail. Qatar is the world's largest producer of liquefied natural gas.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research is suspending cooperation with russia and belarus. CERN has also banned the appointment of people associated with these countries as members of the organization.

According to the Ministry of Energy, UkrEnergo Ukrhydroenergo and Naftogas Ukraine.